12:22 AM,
Jul. 4, 2013

Written by

Sarah Lynch
and Doug Stanglin

Egypt's military suspended the constitution Wednesday and ordered new elections, ousting the country's first freely elected president after he defied army demands to implement radical reforms or step down.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi, speaking on national television in front of a row of prominent political and religious leaders, said the military was forced to act after President Mohammed Morsi had refused for weeks to set up a national reconciliation government.

El-Sissi said the chief judge of the constitutional court, backed by technical experts, would have ...